Neowin News Feed for: Downvote

Twitter's new hidden downvote could turbocharge echo chambers

Paul Hill — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:34:01 +0000

Twitter will more widely deploy a test that lets people vote on content they want to see less of. Such a system may also be negative as it could turbocharge political echo chambers. Read more...

Twitter is testing downvote and upvote buttons for tweet replies on iOS

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:12:01 +0000

Twitter is toying with a new tweet interaction that lets you upvote or downvote replies to tweets if you find them irrelevant. The new capability is available only to some iOS users for now. Read more...

Forget dislike; Facebook is testing a 'Downvote' button to moderate comments

Usama Jawad — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:22:01 +0000

It appears that Facebook is testing a "Downvote" button which allows users to mark questionable comments as misleading, offensive, or off-topic. However, it is only intended for comment moderation. Read more...